Another View: Medicaid expansion is wrong for Iowa

11:26 PM,
Mar. 26, 2013

Stethoscope

Written by

Drew Gonshorowski

Expanding Medicaid in Iowa would be a shortsighted, financially irresponsible decision. While the allure of additional federal funds is enticing, an expansion now could spell fiscal turmoil in the future.

Expanding Medicaid is a key element of the federal Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare. Originally, the law required states to extend the public health program for the poor to cover individuals and families who make up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. If the states refused, the feds would yank all Medicaid funding.